Achieving Efficiency at the State University of New York (Page 4)
Instructional Efficiency - Degree Production Efficiency
Another method of assessing an institution's efficiency in producing
graduates is by looking at the number of degrees granted as a function of the number of students enrolled, namely its Degree Production Efficiency. SUNY's
efficiency index is 83.3 percent, compared to national averages of 81.6 percent for private schools and 71.5 percent for public schools.
This measure is more comprehensive than a simple graduation rate, which focuses on only one type of cohort - first-time, full-time students. The Degree Production Efficiency measure relates the number of baccalaureate degrees granted to total undergraduate enrollment over a period of years and reflects how effective SUNY is in moving the students it instructs to graduation, assuming a four-year graduation model. It includes all cohorts we serve and reflects how effective SUNY is in advising, scheduling, instructing, and securing financing for students.
Faculty Productivity - Teaching
SUNY has been steadily improving faculty productivity at all campuses. As of 2004-05, the FTE
(full-time equivalent) student to tenure/tenure-track faculty ratio is 24.1, an 8 percent gain over the past 15 years. In short, our full-time faculty are teaching
more students than ever before, contributing to increased academic efficiency across the university.
Faculty Productivity - Research
Data from national sources suggests SUNY faculty are in the front ranks of higher education
in terms of research, publications, and citations.
The table and graph below show that SUNY's full-time faculty members exceed the national averages for published academic articles at all four-year campuses, and far exceed the averages for doctoral and health science centers.
Compared with public colleges and universities in the same Carnegie classification, nine state-operated campuses are in the top quartile in total faculty publications per full-time faculty member. For our doctoral campuses, that puts them in the company of institutions such as the University of Wisconsin at Madison, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Michigan.
Published Articles Per Full-Time Faculty Member, 1998-2001
| SUNY | All National | |
| Doctoral Sector | 3.63 | 2.86 |
| Health Science Centers | 3.12 | 2.47 |
| Comprehensive Centers | 0.44 | 0.41 |
Source: Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Years 1998-2001 |
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